A Moundsville dad has been jailed after he allegedly place two children in a dryer, took videos of them, and uploaded them to Snapchat. In one video a little girl is seen screaming as the door is closed; a second video shows a boy in a dryer with a closed door. Read more

Five Western Regional Jail inmates have tested positive for Hepatitis A, according to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. The individuals infected with the virus were found upon their entry into the Barboursville, WV facility. Read more

The Division of Highways changed the name of the bridge number 06-64-20.19, locally known as Indian Meadows Bridges east/westbound, as “U.S. Air Force Second Lieutenant Richard E. Tyson Memorial Bridge.”

Richard E. Tyson served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves from 1949 to 1953. After an impactful life of service to his nation, state and community, Richard E. Tyson, the father of David Tyson, passed away February 28, 2015. Read more

CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a southern West Virginia student as the statewide winner of the Kids Kick Opioids contest, a competition designed to spur creativity and raise awareness of prescription painkiller abuse.Read more

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - At the request of Secretary of State Mac Warner, the West Virginia Legislature has approved changes to how residents apply to become a Notary Public. Those changes will take effect on June 3rd.Read more

CHARLESTON —Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a representative from his office will meet one-on-one with Metro Valley residents in June to discuss consumer-related issues and answer any potential questions. Read more

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dr.Wael Zatar, dean of the College of Information Technology and Engineering at Marshall University, has been named the chair of the Student Education Committee of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.Read more

HUNTINGTON – Thousands of gently used books will be available at the Friends of the Cabell County Public Library’s latest book sale, June 7-9 at the downtown library at 455 9th Street Plaza, The sale will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.Read more

PROCTORVILLE, Ohio – The Marshall University [jcesom.marshall.edu]Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and co-chairs Dr. Pete and Mrs. Clare Chirico will host Standing Out In Our Field 5, the school’s annual fundraising event for medical student scholarships, Saturday, June 2.Read more

Huntington City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance that will transfer the Cook School property to the Huntington Municipal Development Authority. Mayor Steve Williams said HMDA would sell the property to Mount West Community and Technical College which plans to create animal husbandry and veterinary assistant training. Read more

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two men, Roberto Tulul-Ambrocio and Victor Santa Maria-Cleofas were both sentenced for the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, given credit for the time they spent incarcerated, and were both immediately remanded for deportation proceedings, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man caught in 2017 assisting in the illegal sale of pain pills was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joseph W. Melbar, 54, previously pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute oxycodone in federal court in Huntington. Read more

A traffic stop for possible impaired driving in the 1800 block of Fifth Avenue at about 1:15 a.m. Monday resulted in six arrests after occupants assaulted a Marshall University police officer. Read more

The FBI has issued a warning to home and office internet users that a hack has been found involving Russian malware. You are asked to reboot your router in order to load the latest protections. Read more

Marshall University temporarily locked down the Marshall Child Development Academy during an investigation of a suspicious object found in the road on Sixth Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets, near Village Apartments. The lock down was lifted about two hours later. Read more

The Better Beer Coalition (BBC), which organizes the festival, announced today that the sixth annual Rails & Ales Festival will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2018. With the success of expansion into two sessions in 2017, organizers are again hosting two separate sessions to keep crowds small and beer lines short. Read more

ABC-TV cancelled its hit reboot of "Roseanne," following Barr's racist tweet that referred to an Obama assistant as "a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and "Planet of the Apes" -- "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." Read more

Facebook’s long-awaited change in how it handles political advertisements is only a first step toward addressing a problem intrinsic to a social network built on the viral sharing of user posts. Read more

A car and a telephone pole caused some riders to experience much longer "air time" on rides such as Millennium Force at Cedar Point. The vehicle accident outside the park knocked out power to the rides for a couple of hours, according to a park spokesman. Read more

Huntington City Council holds its regular second meeting in May on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers at Huntington City Hall. Due to the Memorial Day holiday, the meeting is moved from Monday to Tuesday. Read more

Is Facebook becoming the new equalizer? Upset residents are using popular social media platforms and groups to shame other residents into following laws or just living up to acceptable living standards.

Residents of West Huntington have been upset by the activity of prostitutes in their neighborhoods. Not only does prostitution help support local drug dealers, spread diseases, make it unsafe for children outside, but they also attract sexual predators into the area.Read more

This week, we got together with young reporters and editors from Real Chi — a learning newsroom that covers Chicago’s West Side — to discuss Illinois’ Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, and answer questions about how their team could use public records to inform their reporting. Read more

Oregon records long considered confidential provide key insights into why the state’s judicial and mental health systems released a convicted killer they viewed as a clear danger to the public. Read more